Luminous Presence is a 1x1.5m digital hologram composed of thousands of frames of 3D computer graphic images, which demonstrates through animation of surface fragmentation, transparency and reflectivity, a comparison with the "scintillating" effects of gilded panel painting and gold mosaic in early Italian art. Luminous Presence featured as part of the International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, San Diego, 2007 and as part of Luminous Presence, Ivan Doherty Gallery, Sydney.